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  1. Water in the balance
    the economic impacts of climate change and water scarcity in the Middle East : technical report

    Innovations in water management and irrigated agriculture powered water-scarce Middle Eastern economies for millennia. However, as water becomes scarcer because of population growth and economic development, and even more erratic because of climate... more

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    Innovations in water management and irrigated agriculture powered water-scarce Middle Eastern economies for millennia. However, as water becomes scarcer because of population growth and economic development, and even more erratic because of climate change, the region’s water security is coming under increasing threat. This report applies an economic model, the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) computable general equilibrium model, to assess the economic impacts of water scarcity for six Middle Eastern countries and also to examine how water-use efficiency improvements and trade can mitigate these impacts. A 20 percent reduction in water supply could decrease GDP by up to 10 percent, compared to 2016 levels. Furthermore, increased water scarcity could reduce labor demand by up to 12 percent and lead to significant land-use changes, including loss of beneficial hydrological services. The report emphasizes how the growing dependence on shared water resources reinforces the need to manage water across boundaries. The message is clear: unless new and transformative policies for sustainable, efficient and cooperative water management are promoted, water scarcity will negatively impact the region’s economic prospects and undermine its human and natural capital

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10986/34498
    Subjects: Wassermangel; Klimawandel; Wirkungsanalyse; Mittlerer Osten; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER SCARCITY; WATER USE
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 101 Seiten), Illustrationen
  2. Oil-driven recovery
    special focus on: Iran’s Pension System: the Need for Reform and Towards Water Security in Iran: Challenges and Opportunities
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Washington, DC

    The Iran Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It examines these economic developments and policies in a longer-term and global context, and assesses their implications for the outlook... more

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    The Iran Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It examines these economic developments and policies in a longer-term and global context, and assesses their implications for the outlook for the country. Its coverage has ranged from the macroeconomy to financial markets to indicators of human welfare and development. It is intended for a wide audience, including policy makers, business leaders, financial market participants, and the community of analysts and professionals engaged in Iran

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
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    hdl: 10986/27556
    Series: Iran economic monitor ; Spring 2017
    Subjects: ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC OUTLOOK; FISCAL TRENDS; JOBS; LABOR MARKET; MONETARY POLICY; OIL REVENUE; PENSIONS; TRADE; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER SCARCITY
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 54 Seiten), Illustrationen
  3. Rice in the shadow of skyscrapers
    policy choices in a dynamic East and Southeast Asian setting
    Published: [2014]
    Publisher:  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy

    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Unter den Linden
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
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    hdl: 10986/20797
    Subjects: Reisanbau; Reispolitik; Städtische Flächennutzung; Ballungsraum; Ostasien; Südostasien; ACIAR; ACIDIFICATION; AGGREGATE MEASURE OF SUPPORT; AGRARIAN SYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL AREA; AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL GROWTH; AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT; AGRICULTURAL LABOUR; AGRICULTURAL LABOUR FORCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL LANDS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL USE; AGRICULTURAL USES; AGRICULTURAL VALUE; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION; AGROCHEMICAL; AGRONOMIC PRACTICES; AGRONOMIST; AGRONOMY; AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNATIVE CROPS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL FEED INGREDIENTS; ANNUAL CROPS; AQUACULTURE; ARABLE LAND; ASIAN RICE; AUDITS; AUSTRALIAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AVERAGE YIELD; BENEFICIAL INSECTS; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; CAPITA CONSUMPTION; CAPITA RICE CONSUMPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINKS; CEREAL CROPS; CEREAL PRODUCTION; CEREALS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMMODITY; COMPETITION FOR WATER; CONSUMER DEMAND; CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA; CROP; CROP AREA; CROP CYCLE; CROP DIVERSIFICATION; CROP FAILURE; CROP GROWTH; CROP INCOME; CROP LAND; CROP VARIETIES; CROP WATER; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; CROPLAND; CROPPING; CROPPING INTENSITY; CROPPING PATTERNS; DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; DOUBLE CROPPING; DRAINAGE; DRY SEASON; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EXPORT SUPPLY CHAINS; FAO; FARM; FARM EMPLOYMENT; FARM INCOME; FARM POLICIES; FARM PRODUCTIVITY; FARM SIZE; FARMER; FARMER COOPERATIVES; FARMER PARTICIPATION; FARMERS; FARMING; FARMING SYSTEM; FARMING SYSTEMS; FARMLAND; FARMS; FEED; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FERTILIZER USE; FISH; FISHERIES; FLOWERS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; FOOD DEMAND; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; FOOD EXPENDITURE; FOOD EXPENDITURES; FOOD MARKETS; FOOD POLICY; FOOD POLICY RESEARCH; FOOD RESERVES; FOOD SECURITY; FOODS; FORESTRY; GATT; GRAIN; GRAIN RESERVES; GREEN REVOLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST; HAZARDS; HERBICIDE; HERBICIDE APPLICATIONS; HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES; HORTICULTURAL CROPS; HOUSEHOLD FOOD; HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY; HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY; IFPRI; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCIDENCE OF PESTS; INCOME GROWTH; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE; INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE; INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION; IRRI; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LEGUMES; LIVESTOCK; LIVESTOCK RAISING; MAIZE; MAIZE FARMERS; MAJORITY OF FARMERS; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; METHANE; MILLED RICE; MOU; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT DEPLETION; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PADDY; PADDY AREA; PADDY FIELDS; PADDY RICE; PADDY YIELDS; PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION; PERENNIAL CROPS; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDES; PESTS; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION; POOR FARMERS; POORER FARMERS; POPULATION GROWTH; POST HARVEST; POST-HARVEST LOSSES; POVERTY REDUCTION; PRODUCE; PRODUCTION GROWTH; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; REGIONAL COOPERATION; REGIONAL OFFICE; RICE; RICE CROP; RICE CROPS; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE FIELDS; RICE PADDIES; RICE PRICE; RICE PRICES; RICE PROCESSING; RICE PRODUCTION; RICE RESEARCH; RICE STRAW; RICE TRADE; RICE VARIETIES; RICE YIELDS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMIES; RURAL EMPLOYMENT; RURAL PEOPLE; SALINIZATION; SEED; SEED MULTIPLICATION; SMALL FARMER; SOCIAL SAFETY NETS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL HEALTH; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; UNITED NATIONS; URBANIZATION; VARIETAL DEVELOPMENT; VEGETABLE FARMING; VITAMINS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER SUPPLY; WEEDS; WHEAT; WHEAT PRICES; YIELD RESPONSE
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 152 Seiten), Illustrationen
  4. Rice in the shadow of skyscrapers
    policy choices in a dynamic East and Southeast Asian setting
    Published: [2014]
    Publisher:  Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Rome, Italy

    Orient-Institut Beirut
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    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
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    Universitätsbibliothek Clausthal
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    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
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    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Fachhochschule Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
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    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
    VSM
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    Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Medien- und Informationszentrum, Universitätsbibliothek
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    Volltext (kostenfrei)
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10986/20797
    Subjects: Reisanbau; Reispolitik; Städtische Flächennutzung; Ballungsraum; Ostasien; Südostasien; ACIAR; ACIDIFICATION; AGGREGATE MEASURE OF SUPPORT; AGRARIAN SYSTEM; AGRICULTURAL AREA; AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES; AGRICULTURAL DIVERSIFICATION; AGRICULTURAL ECONOMIST; AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION; AGRICULTURAL GROWTH; AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENT; AGRICULTURAL LABOUR; AGRICULTURAL LABOUR FORCE; AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL LANDS; AGRICULTURAL MARKET; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; AGRICULTURAL SECTOR; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS; AGRICULTURAL USE; AGRICULTURAL USES; AGRICULTURAL VALUE; AGRICULTURE; AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION; AGROCHEMICAL; AGRONOMIC PRACTICES; AGRONOMIST; AGRONOMY; AIR POLLUTION; ALTERNATIVE CROPS; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMAL FEED INGREDIENTS; ANNUAL CROPS; AQUACULTURE; ARABLE LAND; ASIAN RICE; AUDITS; AUSTRALIAN CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH; AVERAGE YIELD; BENEFICIAL INSECTS; BIODIVERSITY; BREEDING; CAPITA CONSUMPTION; CAPITA RICE CONSUMPTION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CARBON SINKS; CEREAL CROPS; CEREAL PRODUCTION; CEREALS; CLIMATE; CLIMATE CHANGE; COASTAL ZONES; COMMODITY; COMPETITION FOR WATER; CONSUMER DEMAND; CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA; CROP; CROP AREA; CROP CYCLE; CROP DIVERSIFICATION; CROP FAILURE; CROP GROWTH; CROP INCOME; CROP LAND; CROP VARIETIES; CROP WATER; CROP WATER REQUIREMENTS; CROPLAND; CROPPING; CROPPING INTENSITY; CROPPING PATTERNS; DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; DOUBLE CROPPING; DRAINAGE; DRY SEASON; ECOSYSTEMS; EMISSIONS FROM AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS; EXPORT SUPPLY CHAINS; FAO; FARM; FARM EMPLOYMENT; FARM INCOME; FARM POLICIES; FARM PRODUCTIVITY; FARM SIZE; FARMER; FARMER COOPERATIVES; FARMER PARTICIPATION; FARMERS; FARMING; FARMING SYSTEM; FARMING SYSTEMS; FARMLAND; FARMS; FEED; FERTILIZATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FERTILIZER USE; FISH; FISHERIES; FLOWERS; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS; FOOD DEMAND; FOOD DISTRIBUTION; FOOD EXPENDITURE; FOOD EXPENDITURES; FOOD MARKETS; FOOD POLICY; FOOD POLICY RESEARCH; FOOD RESERVES; FOOD SECURITY; FOODS; FORESTRY; GATT; GRAIN; GRAIN RESERVES; GREEN REVOLUTION; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GREENHOUSE GAS; GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS; GROUNDWATER; GROWING SEASON; HARVEST; HAZARDS; HERBICIDE; HERBICIDE APPLICATIONS; HIGH-YIELDING VARIETIES; HORTICULTURAL CROPS; HOUSEHOLD FOOD; HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY; HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY; IFPRI; IMPACT ASSESSMENT; INCIDENCE OF PESTS; INCOME GROWTH; INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT; INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE; INTERNATIONAL RICE RESEARCH INSTITUTE; INTERREGIONAL COOPERATION; IRRI; IRRIGATION; IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT; IRRIGATION SYSTEMS; LEGUMES; LIVESTOCK; LIVESTOCK RAISING; MAIZE; MAIZE FARMERS; MAJORITY OF FARMERS; MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING; METHANE; MILLED RICE; MOU; NATURAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; NATURAL RESOURCES; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; NITROUS OXIDE; NUTRIENT DEPLETION; NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PADDY; PADDY AREA; PADDY FIELDS; PADDY RICE; PADDY YIELDS; PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION; PERENNIAL CROPS; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDES; PESTS; PLANT GROWTH; POLLUTION; POOR FARMERS; POORER FARMERS; POPULATION GROWTH; POST HARVEST; POST-HARVEST LOSSES; POVERTY REDUCTION; PRODUCE; PRODUCTION GROWTH; PRODUCTION SYSTEMS; REGIONAL COOPERATION; REGIONAL OFFICE; RICE; RICE CROP; RICE CROPS; RICE CULTIVATION; RICE FIELDS; RICE PADDIES; RICE PRICE; RICE PRICES; RICE PROCESSING; RICE PRODUCTION; RICE RESEARCH; RICE STRAW; RICE TRADE; RICE VARIETIES; RICE YIELDS; RURAL DEVELOPMENT; RURAL ECONOMIES; RURAL EMPLOYMENT; RURAL PEOPLE; SALINIZATION; SEED; SEED MULTIPLICATION; SMALL FARMER; SOCIAL SAFETY NETS; SOIL DEPTH; SOIL EROSION; SOIL HEALTH; SOYBEAN; TILLAGE; UNITED NATIONS; URBANIZATION; VARIETAL DEVELOPMENT; VEGETABLE FARMING; VITAMINS; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SCARCITY; WATER SHORTAGES; WATER SUPPLY; WEEDS; WHEAT; WHEAT PRICES; YIELD RESPONSE
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 152 Seiten), Illustrationen
  5. Oil-driven recovery
    special focus on: Iran’s Pension System: the Need for Reform and Towards Water Security in Iran: Challenges and Opportunities
    Published: 2017
    Publisher:  World Bank Group, Washington, DC

    The Iran Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It examines these economic developments and policies in a longer-term and global context, and assesses their implications for the outlook... more

    Access:
    Verlag (kostenfrei)
    Resolving-System (kostenfrei)
    Orient-Institut Beirut
    Online
    No inter-library loan
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    No inter-library loan
    Universitätsbibliothek Clausthal
    No inter-library loan
    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    No inter-library loan
    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
    No inter-library loan
    Fachhochschule Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
    No inter-library loan
    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
    VS 732
    No inter-library loan
    Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Medien- und Informationszentrum, Universitätsbibliothek
    No inter-library loan

     

    The Iran Economic Monitor provides an update on key economic developments and policies over the past six months. It examines these economic developments and policies in a longer-term and global context, and assesses their implications for the outlook for the country. Its coverage has ranged from the macroeconomy to financial markets to indicators of human welfare and development. It is intended for a wide audience, including policy makers, business leaders, financial market participants, and the community of analysts and professionals engaged in Iran

     

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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10986/27556
    Series: Iran economic monitor ; Spring 2017
    Subjects: ECONOMIC GROWTH; ECONOMIC OUTLOOK; FISCAL TRENDS; JOBS; LABOR MARKET; MONETARY POLICY; OIL REVENUE; PENSIONS; TRADE; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER SCARCITY
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 54 Seiten), Illustrationen
  6. Water in the balance
    the economic impacts of climate change and water scarcity in the Middle East : technical report

    Innovations in water management and irrigated agriculture powered water-scarce Middle Eastern economies for millennia. However, as water becomes scarcer because of population growth and economic development, and even more erratic because of climate... more

    Access:
    Verlag (kostenfrei)
    Resolving-System (kostenfrei)
    Orient-Institut Beirut
    Online
    No inter-library loan
    Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Haus Potsdamer Straße
    No inter-library loan
    Universitätsbibliothek Clausthal
    No inter-library loan
    Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen
    No inter-library loan
    Helmut-Schmidt-Universität, Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg, Universitätsbibliothek
    No inter-library loan
    Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, Bibliothek
    No inter-library loan
    Fachhochschule Kiel, Zentralbibliothek
    No inter-library loan
    ZBW - Leibniz-Informationszentrum Wirtschaft, Standort Kiel
    No inter-library loan
    Leuphana Universität Lüneburg, Medien- und Informationszentrum, Universitätsbibliothek
    No inter-library loan

     

    Innovations in water management and irrigated agriculture powered water-scarce Middle Eastern economies for millennia. However, as water becomes scarcer because of population growth and economic development, and even more erratic because of climate change, the region’s water security is coming under increasing threat. This report applies an economic model, the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) computable general equilibrium model, to assess the economic impacts of water scarcity for six Middle Eastern countries and also to examine how water-use efficiency improvements and trade can mitigate these impacts. A 20 percent reduction in water supply could decrease GDP by up to 10 percent, compared to 2016 levels. Furthermore, increased water scarcity could reduce labor demand by up to 12 percent and lead to significant land-use changes, including loss of beneficial hydrological services. The report emphasizes how the growing dependence on shared water resources reinforces the need to manage water across boundaries. The message is clear: unless new and transformative policies for sustainable, efficient and cooperative water management are promoted, water scarcity will negatively impact the region’s economic prospects and undermine its human and natural capital

     

    Export to reference management software   RIS file
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    Source: Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin
    Language: English
    Media type: Book
    Format: Online
    Other identifier:
    hdl: 10986/34498
    Subjects: Wassermangel; Klimawandel; Wirkungsanalyse; Mittlerer Osten; CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACT; CROP YIELD; IRRIGATION; TRANSBOUNDARY WATER; WATER DEMAND; WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WATER SCARCITY; WATER USE
    Scope: 1 Online-Ressource (circa 101 Seiten), Illustrationen